Deb Tyson, director of Residential Life, is planning to launch an initiative to encourage the Trinity community to pick up litter on campus. The initiative, called “Don’t Trash Trinity,” will start this October. Tyson explained that her inspiration for Don’t Trash Trinity was partially based on the experience that she had working at the University of Denver, where there was...

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As the semester picks up steam and students settle into their classes, some may find themselves soon facing the first tests of the year. For anyone who needs a fresh reminder of how to do well and crush exams, stay tuned: There are plenty of resources that Trinity has for students to take advantage of. START EARLY AND GET AHEADI...

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Trinity lost its 26-year streak as No. 1 in the U. S. News and World Report (USNWR) “Best Regional Universities in the West” ranking this week. After a change in USNWR’s weighted methodology, Santa Clara University was ranked No. 1 and Trinity as No. 2 with scores of 100 and 99 respectively. USNWR uses the information that Trinity provides to...

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Indie-rock band The Mountain Goats — headed by John Darnielle — performed at Paper Tiger to an enthusiastic crowd last Friday. The band played a variety of songs, shifting from widely familiar to more obscure before ending with their hits in response to an encore chant. The Mountain Goats' fans are generally the kind of people who are willing to...

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A lot goes into the study of literature and of communication, and both involve studying how different media change and evolve over time, especially as expression moves beyond the written text. That’s why Trinity offers classes such as the Jewish graphic novel and the Marvel transmedia universe. Victoria Aarons, professor of English, teaches a class on the Jewish graphic novel...

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The Coalition for Respect will take a hiatus of indeterminate length due to low attendence by students at Coalition meetings. This announcement follows a trend of decreased student engagement in the previous few years. The process that handles sexual assault cases will not be on hiatus, and cases will still be heard and prosecuted. The Coalition for Respect works to...

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Within my first few weeks at Trinity, I realized I didn’t feel any pressure to like men, so I didn’t. It wasn’t until months later that I realized I was a lesbian. First I came out to myself, then to my friends. My family still doesn’t know I’m a lesbian, and — quite frankly — I was hesitant to write...

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Shocking revelations and event after event revealing duplicities from the White House that leave the nation glued to their screens watching investigations unfold — though these details correspond with the present Trump drama, this account is about Richard Nixon. Reading Stanley L. Kutler's "The Wars of Watergate: The Last Crisis of Richard Nixon," one is struck by the sheer length...

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Most students enrolled in Trinity classes are between the ages of 18 and 22, but there’s no time limit to learning. Several Trinity faculty and staff members are enrolled or have been enrolled in undergraduate classes, with the sole desire to enhance their knowledge of the world. During her time at Trinity, Sheryl Tynes, vice president of Student Life, has...

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Every year during Welcome Week, the Trinity University Volunteer Action Community (TUVAC) hosts a service event aimed at first-year students. Last week on Saturday, Trinity's Catholic Student Group (CSG) and TUVAC co-sponsored a volunteer event where students spent time with children at a local immigration shelter.“We went over [to the shelter] and just hung out with the kids — we...

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